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Latest News from Jessie and Team
June 29,
2009 Three Top Tens & Best Ever 358 Sprint Finish
Jessie had the chance to race three
times this past weekend, twice in the 01 All
American Outlaw and once in her 20|20
Power 358 Sprint.
Friday night in her sprint she came up
just short with her best ever run at Trail Way Speedway. With the
help of Brake Man, she and Cody were
able to get the brake issues she had resolved. Then
Cody Fletcher, her crew chief, brought a car to the track with
the perfect setup. Morrison said “I could run high and I could run low. I
could drive it wherever I wanted.” A racers dream.
Thanks Cody.
She went out and won her heat just
pulling away. Then in her feature she started second. She took the lead on
lap 3 and led from there to the white flag lap. Jessie was able to pull
away on restarts and lapped cars high and low, leading for 20 laps. Then as
she came to the white flag she went high and second place car of
Logan Schuchart went low around a lapped
car which slid up just enough to cause her to lift just a little. That was
the race, as they split the lapped car Jessie came out in second.
The second place finish was her best
ever in a 358 Sprint Car. Although she will second guess herself for ever
on the outside move, she had a great run and many have come by to tell her
so.
Congratulations Logan,
a great run and well deserved win.
Let’s see if we can come back with a
strong run this week.
Friday at Trail
Way Speedway and Sunday at Lincoln
Speedway she had a chance to run the 01 General Lee and came home
with eighth place on both occasions, two top tens.
Tuesday night the guest on
Race Night was the late model driver
Gary Stuhler.
It was great getting to
talk to him one on one. He is one of the best. The show has been more fun
each week. Be sure to tune in.
This week Jessie was the guest on the
web based Rubber Racer Radio
with
Rob and Noll.
You can hear the
interview at
http://rubberracer.com/mp3/jmorrison.mp3 . You can tell they all had a
great time with this one.
And we hope to see you at the track.
We also hope our friend Matt Peters recovers quickly from his back surgery
so he can get back to the track.
June 22, 2009 A Good Run For 15 Laps
Too bad we run 25 laps. Jessie ran hard
the in heat and made the top 12 inversion which had her on the outside pole
for the feature. We still had a soft brake pedal after changing most
everything on the system. It turned out to be a second master cylinder and
an air bubble that was tough to get (this note is a week late). So during
the feature she jumped out to the lead where she could float the car into
the corners without needing as firm a brake as she would like.
On lap 5 there was a wreck. On the
restart the 93 358 Sprint Car of Pancho’s Racing
Products driven by Mike Bittinger
was able to out brake her going into turn one. From there, Jessie stayed
within striking distance until lap 15. As they came up on a lapped car, it
did a 360 exiting turn 2 right in front of her and the third place car.
There was an inadvertent yellow flag thrown by the corner worker and just as
quickly put away. By the time she got going again she was in 15th and the
soft peddle was a big problem back in the pack. At that point, she had to
pull it in or be the next wreck.
All in all it was a strong 15 laps
though.
Congratulations Mike
on a great run.
June 13 2009 Tough Couple Weeks For Racers
Rained out last week. We are looking for some nice
weekend weather for a change.
Friday night at Trail Way Speedway
we broke a brake bleeder. By the time we were done we
had changed the front and rear calipers and missed our heat. On this night
there were only 21 Sprint Cars so no consi race. Jessie started at the back
of the feature field and finished 16th in her
20|20 Power 358
Sprint car. A good run considering we were unable to get all the air out of
the brake lines. A double or triple pump of the brakes entering the corners
at 95 MPH will sure upset a car and the corner of the car that is supposed
to be planted.
Now
Jessie has some new pictures from the
Speedway 94 in Hanover, PA. It’s the best
place to drive go karts in Central PA. They have Karts with wings that
resemble 410’s and some wingless karts that have body work to match local
358 Sprint Cars. This winter Jessie was delighted to be asked if she would
like one to have her decals on it. Well Jessie and
Crew Chief Cody Fletcher
stopped by to take a few pictures. Check them out at
http://www.jessiemorrison.com/photos.html.
It has a great view of Brake Man
and HTMA
on one side and 20|20
Power, Digna Machine, Quality Collision,
PARacingPics and
Delco
on the
other. Thanks Speedway 94. Be sure to stop by to drive her kart or if you
feel lucky, try to beat it.
Jessie has continued as the Host of
Race
Night and is having fun learning the whole
business of Broadcasting and Producing. Thanks
Mark and Dave for
all your help and encouragement on Tuesday Nights. Be sure to tune in to
ACTV via
cable or the internet. Johnny Mackison Jr.
will be her guest this coming Tuesday night.
We
hope to see you at the races.
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